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My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among my own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
For you have heard of my conduct formerly in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
from Acts 26:4
I truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
from Galatians 1:13
And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.
from Acts 26:9
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Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Look, I am against you, O Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
from Leviticus 10:3
Yes, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, says the Lord GOD.
from Ezekiel 28:22
Look, at that time I will undo all that afflict you: and I will save her who limps, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
from Ezekiel 39:13
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
from Zephaniah 3:19
Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
from Hebrews 12:13
But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil.
from Proverbs 4:26
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Now to him that is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me to his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
from Jude 1:24
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
from II Timothy 4:18
O you that hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.
from I Chronicles 4:10
The LORD is near to all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
from Psalms 65:2
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
from Psalms 145:18 · a strong link
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Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
from Jude 1:11
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
from Numbers 26:9 · a strong link
Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah:
from Numbers 1:16
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Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves in it.
from Luke 2:14
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and its fullness.
from Psalms 69:34 · a strong link
The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be its glad.
from Psalms 96:11
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And shall not God give justice to his own elect, which cry day and night to him, though he bear long with them?
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
from Luke 18:7
And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you.
from Jeremiah 20:11 · a strong link
Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
from Jeremiah 1:19
The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
from Jeremiah 20:1 · a strong link
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty-two.
from I Chronicles 24:14
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty-two.
from Nehemiah 7:40
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If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death.
from Luke 14:26 · a strong link
And the God of peace shall crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
And I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
from Romans 16:20 · a strong link
But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
from Genesis 3:15 · a strong link
And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of you shall be called the Son of God.
from Galatians 4:4
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Acts 26:4 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
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